Proetus (/ˈpriːtəs/ Ancient Greek: Προῖτος, romanized: Proîtos), the son of Abas, was a king of Argos and Tiryns. Proetus' father was Abas, son of the...

mythology, Proetus (/ˈpriːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Προῖτος Proitos) may refer to the following personages: Proetus, king of Argos and Tiryns, son of Abas and twin...

Abas and blessed his shield making it resistant to any sword. Abas was the son of Lynceus of the royal family of Argos, and Hypermnestra, the last of...

Megapénthēs means "great sorrow") was a king of Argos. Megapenthes was the son and successor of Proetus and father of either Argeus or Anaxagoras (in some accounts...

in the womb of their mother and when Abas died and Acrisius had grown up, he expelled Proetus from his inheritance. On his exile, Proetus was supported...

daughter of Proetus, after Melampus had cured her, her sisters and the Argive women from madness. He received one third of Proetus's kingdom all of which...

Proetus is a genus of proetid trilobite found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Europe. The generic name commemorates Proetus (Greek: Προῖτος), a mythical...

426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami 464 BC Sparta earthquake Aba Abae Abaris the Hyperborean Abas Abas (son of Lynceus) Abderus Ablerus (mythology) Abolla Abron...

twins: Acrisius and Proetus. Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon. Aglaea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and...

as the wife of King Abas. She was the daughter of Mantineus and by her husband, she became the mother of twin sons, Acrisius and Proetus. Often, she was...

Biton - Sons of a Hera priestess in Argos Iasus and Pelasgus - Sons of Phoroneus or Triopas Proetus and Acrisius - Rival twins, children of Abas and Aglaea...

the kingdom to Megapenthes ("great mourning"), son of Proetus, and took over Megapenthes' kingdom of Tiryns. The story is related in Pausanias, who gives...

a king of Thebes and son of Oedipus; he and his brother Eteocles killed each other Priam, king of Troy during the Trojan War Proetus, a king of Argos and...

may refer to: Periclymenus, a Pylian prince as the son of King Neleus and Chloris. He was one of the Argonauts. His grandfather, Poseidon gave him the...

to Mount Argyllus in Egypt, where she gave birth to a son, Dionysus. This version of the story of Dionysus' birth is only found in Pseudo-Plutarch's On...

married to Aëdon, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. The couple had a son named Itys, and were happy until they boasted of being a more happy couple than...

centuries AD), Cyparissus was the son of Telephus, and thus the grandson of Heracles. The myth of Cyparissus, like that of Hyacinthus, has often been interpreted...

Lynceus, Abas, Proetus, Acrisius, Perseus, Megapenthes, (Argeus and Anaxagoras comes after in some sources). An alternative version supplied by Tatian of the...

had 50 sons who were killed by their wives the Danaids, Lynceus was spared and with Hypermnestra sired Abas King of Argos, who was the father of Acrisius...

daughter of Danaus and Crino, who married and killed Hippocorystes, son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine. Hyperippe, daughter of Arcas and one of the possible...

Αἰγυπιός) was a Thessalian son of Antheus (son of Nomion) and Bulis. He was the lover of Timandra, a widow. Timandra's son, Neophron, resented this relationship...

consummated her union with Lynceus and bore Abas, whose sons were Acrisius and Proetus. The daughters of Proetus offended Hera or Dionysus or both in some...

collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. Similar themes of physical...